On Tue, May 19, 1998 at 10:52:48PM +0100, Jules Bean wrote: > > > Actually, if we're opting for a more 'descriptive' hierarchy, I see no > > > reason why something shouldn't appear in two places, if it seems > > > appropriate in two places. The principle of least surprise, as > > > interpreted by me, suggested that I should be able to find LWP in > > > lang/perl/modules/www as well as in web/cgi/scripttools (or whatever). > > > > It could be done with symlinks I suspect.. Anyone have complaints about > > this thought? > > Yup. > > The information should be in the Packages file - simply have more than one > entry in the 'Sections:' line (or whatever we call it). This way dselect > (or rather, its successor) knows that the two packages are the same. Of course in the packages file. I was referring though to the technical layout on ftp sites and CD's to save space. Having them in seperate places still seems like a slightly borked idea for maintenance reasons I think, but what do I know?
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